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I’m swinging

On the swing of my decisions 

On the uncertainty of my style 

It’s too hot outside 

 

Anyone’s blessing 

Every time guessing 

What have I done so wrong? 

 

It’s not interesting 

Waiting for something that will never come

 

I was just walking on the beach trying 

To figure out the road to come to you

But don’t make me choose 

The lens of my sunglasses show me an ochre world 

 

I’m swinging

On the swing of my decisions 

On the uncertainty of my style 

It’s too hot outside 

 

I’m swinging

On the swing of my decisions 

On the uncertainty of my style 

It’s too hot outside

 

I’m oozing nervousness 

I don’t know why I’m stressed 

But I feel it will pass

I think I’m useless

In my head I’ve got a mess 

I guess it’s not the end 

 

I’m swinging

On the swing of my decisions 

On the uncertainty of my style 

It’s too hot outside 

I filled the gap between your presence 

and the moment I waited for you to come back 

I was about to lock myself 

but fears are my friends in the end 

 

I give in to a sunny smile

Even when it’s dark inside my messy mind 

My brain would say I’m wrong 

My soul is getting warm

 

I give in to a gentle touch 

On the pale cheek after spending time without 

The need to ask what’s wrong 

If you get close I’m warm 

 

Some flowers bloom when I’m not looking 

but I can still feel how they smell

My thoughts mature in the same way 

Today I’m the same, I keep look in the mirror

 

I give in to a sunny smile

Even when it’s dark inside my messy mind 

My brain would say I’m wrong 

My soul is getting warm

 

I give in to a gentle touch 

On the pale cheek after spending time   

The need to ask what’s wrong 

If you get close I’m warm

 

To push your limits further look at what you fought for 

What you lost is half of what you’ll get

It’s hard to say if we should follow our emotions 

when the only thing we feel is pain

 

I give in to a sunny smile

Even when it’s dark inside my messy mind 

My brain would say I’m wrong 

My soul is getting warm

 

I give in to a gentle touch 

On the pale cheek after spending time without 

The need to ask what’s wrong 

If you get close I’m warm

All that I have 

All that I want 

Is so much that I can’t even see the end

 

I feel my past 

I dream my blend

That will keep 

My brain and my soul together now

 

Why don’t you see 

I’m trying to be 

The one that 

You will decide to have on your side

 

The artistic soul

The realistic part

Create 

A fight we will deserve to win

Have you ever thought

About the price

You have to pay 

When you decide to compromise 

Why don’t you see 

I’m trying to be 

The one that 

You will decide to have on your side

 

The artistic soul

The realistic part

Create 

A fight we will deserve to win

Have you ever thought

About the price

You have to pay 

When you decide to compromise 

 

You should have prayed 

Now it’s too late

You have to accept

The choice you made is permanent 

Remember all the things that people say about you 

and then don’t trust them

When you feel tired just get some rest and think about your life

 

What are you doing now is something so important for your soul

Please don’t look back and focus only on your goals 

Have you ever thought

About the price

You have to pay 

When you decide to compromise 

 

You should have prayed 

Now it’s too late

You have to accept

The choice you made is permanent

Did we ask ourselves
How to spend our time alone

Now we’re forced to be on our own

And we’re more afraid

of losing everything we knew

But we didn’t care yesterday

We complain

about being ordinary people
But now we’d pay to go back

To feel the freedom
We used to call routine
To breathe without a mask

We don’t sleep so much

when our brain is full of problems
We work hard to survive in this world

Now they’re all so small

compared to hundred deaths a day
And the weirdest thing is that
the world is breathing without us

We complain

about being ordinary people
But now we’d pay to go back

To feel the freedom
We used to call routine
To breathe without a mask

You’re stuck at home
You’re stuck with everyone you love
You think you’re bored cause usually you’re busy

Let’s try to appreciate the silence,

all the quiet places

we’ve been dreaming of the whole life

We complain

about being ordinary people
But now we’d pay to go back

To feel the freedom
We used to call routine
To breathe without a mask

Talk 

without connecting all the words 

the flow will help to let you know

if what you’re saying is true or not

 

Lie 

don’t even ask yourself why 

sometimes you just want to survive

and talk with someone’s passing by

there’s no shame to deny

 

the evidence, your desire,

I know you want to feel safe

an open space where you can scream 

and no one is listening 

you don’t look back 

but it hurts you

cause normal people usually do 

when everything stops 

what is left is you 

there’s nothing you can do 

 

Judge 

the person who is judging you 

and then feel bad cause I know you 

I see the anger you’ve been through 

 

 

Express your mind, your desire,

I know you want to feel safe

an open space where you can scream 

and no one is listening 

you don’t look back 

but it hurts you

cause normal people usually do 

when everything stops 

what is left is you 

there’s nothing you can do 

 

 

there’s no shame to deny

 

the evidence, your desire,

I know you want to feel safe

an open space where you can scream 

and no one is listening 

you don’t look back 

but it hurts you

cause normal people usually do 

when everything stops 

what is left is you 

there’s nothing you can do 

When I was a child 

My dad and I 

We knew how to fly

In his arms, so safe

Laugh and talk and play 

And my dreams were real 

And my dreams were real

 

Now please

 

 Stand you all 

And fly without wings 

And smile, are you here?

Stand  you all 

and cry without a tear

And love without a fear 

 

No failures and no regrets 

Only future in my hands

I could feel the wind

In my curly hair 

Music was my only friend 

Didn’t know how to be upset 

Can we start again 

Can we start again

 

Now please 

 

 Stand you all 

And fly without wings 

And smile, are you here?

Stand  you all 

and cry without a tear

And love without a fear 

 

I just want you to understand 

That life is one

Even though is a painful thought 

We need this consciousness 

Being able to live and love 

Is not naive at all  

All I’m asking you now is 

If you can 

 

 Stand you all 

And fly without wings 

And smile, are you here?

Stand  you all 

and cry without a tear

And love without a fear 

Certe canzoni 

Ti portano indietro

E senti quel peso allo stomaco

Come un ricordo fisico

Perché di mentale

C’è solo il dolore

 

Dove ti sei nascosta?
Sei ancora in giardino

A giocare a nascondino

O in giro a lottare per riavere quella

dignità rubata

Gioventù bruciata

Dicono

 

Un graffio sul cuore

Passato e curato

Ma in mente avrai sempre 

Una fitta, ancora tremo

Non c’è pace

 

Dove ti sei nascosta?
Sei ancora in giardino

A giocare a nascondino

O in giro a lottare per riavere quella

dignità rubata

Gioventù bruciata

Dicono

 

Seduta vicino nemmeno un saluto

La rabbia ha coperto il bisogno di aiuto

Riavvolgi uno sguardo

Ti arrendi saltando la scuola

Ancora nessuna parola 

 

Dove ti sei nascosta?
Sei ancora in giardino

A giocare a nascondino

O in giro a lottare per riavere quella

dignità rubata

Gioventù bruciata

Dicono

 

 

 

Chiara Filomeni

LYRICS

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